• The Messenger

  • Gabriel Allon, Book 6
  • By: Daniel Silva
  • Narrated by: Christopher Lane
  • Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,619 ratings)

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The Messenger

By: Daniel Silva
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Publisher's summary

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.

Allon is recovering from his grueling showdown with a Palestinian master terrorist, when terrorism comes to find him once again. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer - photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican.

Allon warns his old friend, Monsignor Luigi Donati, the pope's private secretary, and rushes to Rome to assist in security. But what neither he nor Donati knows is that the Vatican has been thoroughly penetrated. An extraordinary enemy walks among them...and he's just getting started.

In the days and weeks to come, Allon and his colleagues will find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world - and a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back.

But for them, there may simply not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck. All Allon can do is set his trap - and hope that he is not the one caught in it.

Take another thrill ride with Gabriel Allon.
©2006 Daniel Silva (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"Gabriel Allon remains one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series." ( Philadelphia Inquirer)
"The way Silva resolves his plot will keep readers right where he wants them: on the edges of their seats." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Great Listen

The entire experience with this audio book was great. The novel itself is great, with good plot, action and emotion. The reading was superb. The reader was able to bring the novel to life. Absolutely a professional presentation.

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Well worth the time

I confess that I am a real fan of Daniel Silva and his main character Gabriel Allon and his mentor Ari Sharon. I have read several in the series and think this one is the best yet. While I thought the Messenger started a little slowly, Silva made up for it soon and the plot thickened quickly. The characters blended together into a real mosiac of excitement and suspense. The plot turns came fast and furious and I hated to put it down. You can't go wrong with The Messenger.

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Great story, poor narrator

This is an amazing novel by Daniel Silva. The plot is arguably his best yet. Unfortunately, the narrator was not good. I've always felt like the main character or characters should be voiced very similarly to the narrators speaking voice, as the narrator will have to do the voices so often. However, in this story, Lane throws in a strong accent with both Allon and Shamron.

This would be a disaster if the novel wasn't so good. I'd buy it just for the story, but don't expect a Guidall or Brick.

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The Messenger

I have read through all of Daniel Silva's books. Love Gabrial. The Messenger is the best one of the lot, I think. I listened to it twice!

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    3 out of 5 stars

Just okay.

I got this book based on the other reviews and I must say I don't get it. It was decent, but not at all up to par with other authors in the same genre nor as good as I expected based on the other reviews. At one point I almost stopped listening.

Part of the blame goes to the narrator for sure, but in general the story was just not that interesting and not told very well. There was this big buildup in the plot that fizzled out at the end. Then in the last 30 minutes, what was supposedly such a complex mission to pull of in the first place, got wrapped up like it was no big deal.

At times I had a hard time following what was going on and even when I went back to listen again the assumptions that were made did not make sense. A lot of lose ends.

To the folks who like this book I say try some Vince Flynn.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

If you loved The Little Drummer Girl

I enjoyed this book, but felt it borrowed too heavily from John Le Carre's The Little Drummer Girl in tone, plot and style.

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    4 out of 5 stars

terrific

good from cover to cover. Fiction kept me spellboound while honestly writing about our good "friends" the Saudis. Only knock would be slightly annoying voices of some of the women characters.

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  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars

Predictable

Unlike other Daniel Silva novels, "The Messenger" crawls. The protagonists are uninteresting and the action and dialog predictable and preposterous. When a reader can't identify with the characters or plot, the novel fails.

Christopher Lee reads well, but he doesn't develop the characters as well as John Lee. And, his accents are undeveloped, Italian, Israeli, Saudi all sounding nearly identical.

Is this end of the Gabriel Allon character?

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good story, ok narration

I liked the story but as an Israeli I suffered from the narrator's attempts at Israeli and Arabic accents. They all sounded somehow Italian to me.

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I loved this book!

Another hit for Silva! The narrator was pretty good this time. He made Gabriell sound older than his age and the ending was a bit rushed but none the less I found it more enjoyable than listening to my favorite talk radio heads or late night Leno. I had to download the next book Secret Servant. I know you will love listening to this book and it will leave you thrusting to download the next book. I am hooked!

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